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How to make a knife block out of books

Daniela Schulz
December 1, 2017

Today our DIY expert Sari Hansen is going to show you how to breathe new life into your old books. It’s super-easy, and super-fast to do, and looks pretty cool.

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Image: Sari Hansen

Do it yourself – Knife Block

You'll need

  • books. Best is if their colors go together
  • a hot-melt glue gun
  • some twine
  • and knives, of course

Instructions

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Image: Sari Hansen

First, glue the books together.

It's enough to put some hot-melt gluein the corners and the middle of the books.

Stand one book on itsend and press it against the next.

Do that one book after the other.

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Image: Sari Hansen

Finally, wrap the twine twice around the block of books.

Tie the ends on the back side.

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Image: Sari Hansen

That's it! You can now store knives in your new knife block.

 


Good to know

If you don’t have books that match color-wise, you can stick different books together and spray the block with the color of your choice.